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Composition with Embracing Figures

Candido Portinari1939

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black, white and gray tones. Contour lines, dotted, shaded and loose brushstrokes. Composition depicting two figures surrounded by non-figurative forms. The figures suggest double profile, facing each other in the center area of ​​the composition's on the left male figure defined only by the thick line marking forms the rear profile of the body. On the right female figure dark area defined by the body that fills it, seeing-stretched on the left arm near the on the right shoulder of man. Background and floor are confused, both defined by not being figurative forms that on the left see themselves pita suggestion and two parallel sinuous lines and on the right suggestion piece of rope and several parallel sinuous lines almost vertically.

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  • Title: Composition with Embracing Figures
  • Creator Lifespan: 1903-12-29 - 1962-12-06
  • Creator Nationality: Brazilian
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Death Place: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Creator Birth Place: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Date: 1939
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w12 x h12cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:figure
  • Technique: India ink brush , India ink wash
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2888
  • Inscription: On back of frame, label from Artefact framing house; inscription "028”.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1046
Projeto Portinari

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